CHAPTER XXXI.
YOUNG IN YEARS ONLY.
"Well done, white boy," complimented the strange Indian.
"Pass me one of those rifles," requested Frank.
"White boy better leave rifle; take bow and arrows," advised Socato. "Rifle make noise; bow and arrow make no noise."
"All right; what you say goes. Return to the hut, Barney, and stay there till we show up."
"But th' spook——"
"Hang the spook! We'll know where to find you, if you go there."
"The Great White Phantom will not harm those who offer him no harm," declared the Indian.
"I am not so afraid of spooks as I am of—— Jumping Jupiter!"